FCBarcelona 1 - 4 anfield (383380809)

Clouds darkened the skies at FCBarcelona FCB Arena as 3518 spectators turned up for the match. Abel Sprackling was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jaapjan Lohuis and Simon Torres. FCBarcelona had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Herrero - Vintimilla, Llorente, Morote, Moral Perez - Laguyas, Ordóñez, Pérez García, Ombreira - Subirats, Cayas.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for anfield. The following players had been chosen: Hoz Mulero - Basterretxea, Quiranes, Mantilla, Ortega - Fermat, Polo Galván, Vega Rivero, Miarons - Vilallonga, Robledo.

0 - 1 was the score with 4 minutes played, after E. Polo Galván cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for anfield. R. Fermat of anfield took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 6 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. anfield's J. Hoz Mulero skillfully knocked a pass over the top after 8 minutes, and that was received by R. Vilallonga who just managed to slot it past the opposing goalkeeper for 0 - 3. After 10 minutes FCBarcelona's A. Ordóñez limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. With 14 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed D. Miarons of anfield to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of anfield were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. FCBarcelona's M. Subirats left the field after 20 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was D. Valls. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by anfield, with 66 percent of the ball.

63 minutes into the match, P. Vega Rivero came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. D. Miarons was, after 64 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper J. Herrero made the save. After 66 minutes of game time, E. Polo Galván had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but J. Herrero was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. 71 minutes into the game, J. Hoz Mulero had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Cantón-Salazar. FCBarcelona's P. Laguyas was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - I. Cayas managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 4 after 80 minutes. After 84 minutes, FCBarcelona's D. Valls fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Possession in this half belonged to anfield, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

Most important FCBarcelona player was A. Morote. J. Herrero on the other hand, had a terrible day. E. Polo Galván performed admirably for anfield. F. Cantón-Salazar turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.